11th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C, RCL)
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How to tell the truth
I've always admired the prophets. Their job of truth-telling required such courage and personal sacrifice. Yet they never held back. They spoke the truth no matter the consequences. I imagine they were lonely, then. Who could stand their challenging company for very long?
Personal relationships, however, weren't the prophets' priority. Their job was to tell God's truth in a way that would be heard.
Ordinary 18B (2 Samuel 11:26-12:13a)
In this week’s reading, Bathsheba, the woman David drew dripping out of her bath and into his story, is not named.
Bathsheba with King David’s Letter, by Rembrandt van Rijn (1606–1669)
Art selection and commentary by Heidi J. Hornik and Mikeal C. Parsons
Do you see this prisoner? Meeting with Sing Sing seminarians
In the context of a seminary class behind bars, Jesus' question to Simon is a probing and challenging one.
Giving to be forgiven: Alms in the Bible
In the Bible, forgiveness involves repayment of what is owed. One way to pay down the debt is through charity to the poor.
A world of Ahabs and Naboths
“The story of Naboth is old in time but daily in practice,” said Ambrose of Milan. “Who of the wealthy does not strive to drive off the poor person from his little acre and turn out the needy from the boundaries of his ancestral field?”
Our world was and is ruled by those who control militaries and cartels, banks and corporations—the heirs of King Ahab’s insatiable desire and unrestrained power.
Forgiving Ahab: Naboths vineyard and Gods justice
American culture focuses on the law. But Naboth's vineyard reminds us that a healthy society is about relationships first and rules second.
by Samuel Wells
How dare you speak of grace?
A while back I spent a good chunk of a week at a denominational pastors' retreat in the Alberta foothills just north of Calgary. One of the things we did during our worship times each day was spend some time “dwelling in the Word.” The specific text we focused on each session was Luke 7:36-50, the story where Jesus is anointed by a “sinful woman” at the home of Simon the Pharisee. It’s a scandalous story—a woman of ill repute showing up a bunch of religious elites, crashing their party with her sensuous, inappropriate display of penitence, love, and devotion.
By Ryan Dueck
Eating in ignorance
Reconciliation requires relocation. To see the effects of our food choices, we have to get close to the land.
Love and Lent
Our pastor had an affair and confessed it in his sermon. He stood up in front of the church and let the gathered members know that he had succumbed to temptation, but he was ready to just "move on."